Nuclear Medicine Tech - Per Diem - Los Angeles & Orange County, CA

Job Description

Job Description

At VitalHire, Per Diem / PRN work allows you to select where and when you work. You will use an app to select all shifts with instant confirms to lock in your schedule as far into the future as shifts are available. Make that extra $$ or use this to create a schedule that fits your lifestyle. We call this - shifting to your own beat!!

Profession: Nuclear Medicine Tech

Specialty: Nuclear Medicine Tech

Location: Santa Monica or Orange, California

Job Type: Per Diem

Hourly Pay Rate: $65/hr

Shift: Day and Night shift - 8, 10, 12 hours depending on shift selected

• Perform a variety of nuclear medicine imaging procedures in accordance with physician orders and departmental protocols.
• Prepare, calculate, and administer radiopharmaceuticals safely and accurately.
• Operate gamma cameras, SPECT, and/or PET/CT equipment to obtain high-quality diagnostic images.
• Monitor patients throughout procedures and provide excellent patient care and education.
• Follow all radiation safety standards, infection control policies, and regulatory guidelines.
• Maintain accurate patient records and imaging documentation.
• Perform quality control procedures on imaging equipment and maintain required logs.
• Collaborate with radiologists, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

Requirements

• Experience Required: 1 year
• ARRT (N), NMT from CDPH
• Certifications Required: AHA BLS
• Equipment - Siemens or Toshiba required.
• Experience with: Storage, handling, and disposal of radioactive materials, IV starts, HIDA scan, Cardiac stress testing, Lung Scan, Bone Scan, Thyroid Scan, Uptake, computerized documentation, isolation precautions.
• Experience with PILL and Whole Body Scan, I-131 Pill and Whole Body Scan, Gastric Emptying, Whole Body Bone Scan, 3 Phase Bone Scan, Limited Bone Scan, Parathyroid Scan, Perfusion Lung Scan, Perfusion/Ventilation Lung Scan, Quantitative Lung Scan, Urea Breath Test, GI Bleed, Liver Spleen Scan, WBC Scan, Gallium Scan, DAT Scan, Brain Spect, HIDA Scan, HIDA w CCK Scan, Spect Bone Scan, Muga Scan, Mekel's Scan, Lymphoscintigraphy Scan and Injection, Adernal Imaging, Cardiac Stress Test Exercise, Cardiac Stress Test Vasodialator, Cardiac Stress Test Thallium Scan, Cardiac Amlydosis